Netskills 2:

Paula Funnellp.a.funnell@qmul.ac.uk

Senior Academic Liaison Librarian (Medicine and Dentistry)

Referencing, plagiarism and EndNote

Learning outcomes

• To understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it

• To be able to incorporate references into academic documents

• To manage references using Endnote

A book reference

Which elements you would need in a book reference?

Rees, J., Kanabar, D. and Pattani, S. (2010) ABC of asthma, 6th ed., London: BMJ Books.

A book chapter

Jeffery, P. K. (2000) Pathology of asthma. In Clark, T. J. H., Godfrey, S., Lee, T. H. and Thomson, N. C., (eds) Asthma, 4th ed., London: Arnold, pp.175-196.

A journal reference

Which elements you would need in a journal reference?

Lang, J. E. (2012) Obesity, Nutrition, and Asthma in Children, Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol, 25(2), 64-75.

A webpage reference

Which elements you would need in a webpage reference?

NHS Choices (2012) Asthma [online]. Available at: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Asthma/Pages/Introduction.aspx [accessed 6/10/12]

Plagiarism

Try the plagiarism quiz on QMplus

Year 1 Fundamentals of Medicine

Netskills: library and information resources

Search tools and referencing

5 Referencing and plagiarism

EndNote

Access EndNote using the Firefox browser

my.endnote.com

EndNote activity

Use the EndNote activity to practice getting references in to EndNote

Year 1 Fundamentals of Medicine

Netskills: library and information resources

Search tools and referencing

6 EndNote

Cite while you write activity

Download the Cite while you write activity and modify it using the EndNote toolbar in Word

Year 1 Fundamentals of Medicine

Netskills: library and information resources

Search tools and referencing

6 EndNote

Summary

• Always ensure that you cite your sources correctly to avoid plagiarism

• Use EndNote to store your references and create in-text citations and bibliographies in Word